Tag: women’s shelter

Shelter sues Anchorage again to keep transgender males from sleeping with abused women

FaithJuly 2, 2021

The Anchorage Downtown Hope Center – a faith-based women’s shelter – has filed another lawsuit in federal district court to prevent the city from forcing it to admit men who identify as females and let them sleep next to women who have endured sexual

Anchorage women’s shelter says city licensing plan would gut its volunteer base

CultureJune 3, 2021

A faith-based battered women’s shelter could lose half its staff if the Anchorage Assembly forges ahead with a proposal to heavily monitor and control non-profit outreaches for the homeless and the people who are allowed to volunteer and staff the

Faith-based Anchorage shelter heals souls by addressing ‘heart needs’

CultureDecember 13, 2019

A retired airline pilot, Sherrie Laurie, didn’t see this trip coming. She started volunteering at Anchorage’s Downtown Hope Center and then became director three years ago. Initially she just hoped to demystify the homeless and overcome her general

Anchorage Assembly allows weed shop to open next to homeless shelter church

PoliticsDecember 9, 2019

The Anchorage Assembly held a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10, where it approved a business license for a new marijuana shop to open just 55 feet from a faith-based outreach that operates as a church and homeless shelter. Hope Center serves some of the

Transgender resolution unanimously approved by Anchorage Assembly

PoliticsNovember 20, 2019

Two young men, who identify as transgender, dressed as women and spoke at the Nov. 19 Anchorage Assembly meeting in support of a resolution to designate Nov. 20 as a “Transgender Day of Remembrance.” They were the only people to speak on the resolution

Anchorage Assembly to vote on ‘Transgender Day of Remembrance’

PoliticsNovember 18, 2019

The Anchorage Assembly is set to proclaim Nov. 20 as a “Transgender Day of Remembrance” at its Nov. 19 meeting. A resolution to this effect is scheduled for a vote to “honor transgender people around the world whose lives have been lost to

Mat-Su Borough candidates’ positions on abortion, religious liberty and LGBTQ issues

AbortionOctober 31, 2019

A newly-released “Values Voter Guide” by the Alaska Family Council lets Mat-Su residents know where candidates running for Borough Assembly and Borough School Board stand on abortion, religious liberty and LGBTQ issues. Voters will cast ballots on Nov. 5

Court: Anchorage women’s shelter is not required to admit men identifying as women

FreedomSeptember 30, 2019

Anchorage officials cannot force a faith-based women’s shelter in Anchorage to admit biological males in its overnight facility. This comes after Anchorage officials dropped a complaint against the Downtown Hope Center over the shelter’s refusal to allow

Court blocks Anchorage officials from forcing women’s shelter to admit men

FreedomAugust 26, 2019

A federal court ruling has temporarily blocked Anchorage officials from forcing a faith-based women’s homeless shelter into admitting biological males. The controversy stems from an incident in January 2018. According to court documents from attorneys

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